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This is a provocative work that leads both the scholar and the believer to reexamine the current consensus...Sawicki forces her readers to take another look at issues that are the most fundamental to both the academy and the church. She does so in an engaging rather than a contentious way. Those interested in the archaeology of first-century Galilee, in the Jesus question, and in the first Christian community will enjoy this book. ----, Catholic Biblical Quarterly

This is a provocative work that leads both the scholar and the believer to reexamine the current consensus...Sawicki forces her readers to take another look at issues that are the most fundamental to both the academy and the church. She does so in an engaging rather than a contentious way. Those interested in the archaeology of first-century Galilee, in the Jesus question, and in the first Christian community will enjoy this book. Leslie J. Hope, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 63, 2001--Sanford Lakoff Catholic Biblical Quarterly

One must appreciate Sawicki s attempt to breathe interpretive life into ancient materials that might be rendered sterile in the hands of a less imaginative researcher. ----Donald D. Binder, Southern Methodist University Interpretation

. ..a useful, provocative book... ----Casimir Bernas Religious Studies Review . ..a useful, provocative book... ----, Religious Studies Review With her disciplined imagination and lucid prose, Marianne Sawicki invites us into the alternative culture of first-century Galilee. Archaeology, anthropology, and exegesis are here coordinated to construct fascinating options in the historical understanding of Jesus and Christian origins. Bruce Chilton--Sanford Lakoff . ..a useful, provocative book... Casimir Bernas, Holy Trinity Abbey, reviewing for Religious Studies Review, January 2001--Sanford Lakoff Religious Studies Review One must appreciate Sawicki s attempt to breathe interpretive life into ancient materials that might be rendered sterile in the hands of a less imaginative researcher. Donald D.--Sanford Lakoff Interpretation This study points a compelling way forward into the material and social places and matrices that Jesus and his first followers inhabited. Matthew L.--Sanford Lakoff Theology Today This is a provocative work that leads both the scholar and the believer to reexamine the current consensus...Sawicki forces her readers to take another look at issues that are the most fundamental to both the academy and the church. She does so in an engaging rather than a contentious way. Those interested in the archaeology of first-century Galilee, in the Jesus question, and in the first Christian community will enjoy this book. Leslie J. Hope, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 63, 2001--Sanford Lakoff Catholic Biblical Quarterly

This is a provocative work that leads both the scholar and the believer to reexamine the current consensus...Sawicki forces her readers to take another look at issues that are the most fundamental to both the academy and the church. She does so in an engaging rather than a contentious way. Those interested in the archaeology of first-century Galilee, in the Jesus question, and in the first Christian community will enjoy this book. Leslie J. Hope, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol.--, Catholic Biblical Quarterly

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Marianne Sawicki is the author of Seeing the Lord: Resurrection and Early Christian Practices and Crossing Galilee.

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